HRW, SRW crops head in opposite directions
When USDA’s weekly crop condition ratings are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop dropped 6.5 points to 252.7, the lowest rating of the year and 73.8 points below the five-year average. The SRW crop improved 10.8 points to 357.1, its highest rating this spring, though that’s still 1.2 points below average for this date.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat |
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This week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Kansas (44.25%*) |
118.58 |
123.00 |
138.94 |
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Oklahoma (14.65%) |
33.85 |
37.07 |
43.88 |
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Texas (9.21%) |
14.65 |
15.75 |
23.47 |
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Colorado (9.29%) |
23.69 |
21.27 |
27.49 |
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Nebraska (5.81%) |
16.62 |
16.97 |
20.77 |
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S. Dakota (4.55%) |
13.56 |
13.97 |
14.32 |
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Montana (10.00%) |
26.11 |
25.40 |
38.44 |
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HRW total |
252.70 |
259.24 |
331.16 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat |
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This week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Missouri (9.72%*) |
35.56 |
34.88 |
34.84 |
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Illinois (14.74%) |
50.41 |
47.46 |
53.59 |
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Ohio (12.26%) |
44.62 |
43.14 |
42.46 |
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Arkansas (1.85%) |
7.49 |
7.43 |
5.37 |
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Indiana (6.93%) |
25.35 |
24.93 |
24.10 |
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N. Carolina (6.48%) |
25.39 |
25.52 |
22.43 |
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Michigan (13.94%) |
46.57 |
44.90 |
47.10 |
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SRW total |
357.12 |
346.32 |
375.25 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.
